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Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss
Another kiss
The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again
We'll meet again
Oh, tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry
I'd rather fly
The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back
I'll drop a line
| Pyro | Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 08:16 Egrey wrote: Not a Doors fan. I connect with the Beatles and the Stones. But I don't "grok" the Doors. They strike me as dated, self-indulgent, and bloated.
I'm sure I'll get flammed for blasphemy, but hey, this is a comment board, that is my comment. I'm with you on that! |
| hippiechick (in the groove) | Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 08:15 I can only picture my younger brother at age 14, sitting stoned in his bedroom and singing along to this song. (a long time ago!) |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 13:40 Egrey wrote: Not a Doors fan. I connect with the Beatles and the Stones. But I don't "grok" the Doors. They strike me as dated, self-indulgent, and bloated.
I'm sure I'll get flammed for blasphemy, but hey, this is a comment board, that is my comment. Hey, you like what you like. People shouldn't get on your case for that. There's bands I don't get that people are ga-ga over. I grew up in the sixties. Love the Doors, Stones, Beatles, Who, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Kinks, Animals. Did I leave anyone out? |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 12:15 This is one doors song I really don't like. |
| Alexandra (The American Riviera--so come visit!!!) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 12:15 This lit up oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara was allegedly the inspiration for this song:  |
| eastcoast | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 12:14 Not my favorite Doors song but lyrically and poetically sound. |
| Candela (Trondheim) | Posted: Jul 14, 2007 - 00:17 Good song, good cd. |
| queenjill (banana stand) | Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 14:39 miahfost wrote: Djurgården is boring! That is what is boring! Sheesh. I've got two words for you pal - Frölunda!  I have no idea what this means but it's funny as hell. |
| dolfan (Kingsland, Ga.) | Posted: Aug 04, 2006 - 20:55 George Winston's rendition of "Spanish Caravan" followed by The Doors' "Crystal Ship?" As the clock nears midnight after the violence of the weather a little while ago makes for a spectacular musical respite. Keep it going! |
| deepgaze (LA) | Posted: Jul 06, 2006 - 12:41 Yes! I was singing this at 5am this morning, just happend to wake up with it in my head. Bill is psychic, or does this make me psychic? Or is the universe run by sheer coincidence? |
| Mari (why do all the country girls leave) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 07:04 67nj wrote: what a really cool tracks sequence... !!!
 Before you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane We'll meet again, we'll meet again Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line |
| ploba | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 07:01 Egrey wrote: Not a Doors fan. I connect with the Beatles and the Stones. But I don't "grok" the Doors. They strike me as dated, self-indulgent, and bloated.
I'm sure I'll get flammed for blasphemy, but hey, this is a comment board, that is my comment. couldn't agree more...never liked the doors. |
| 67nj (Italy) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 06:59 what a really cool tracks sequence... !!! |
| rgrace (Rio Nido, CA) | Posted: May 23, 2006 - 16:47 I think that pretty well sums it up. Morrison was not the kind of guy I would ever have wanted to meet (he spent most of his time so blasted on booze that it's hard to say if ANYONE ever met him when he was sober). By the time of their fourth record Morrison was already physically on the downhill slide and losing his looks. But he did have talent and his band was rock-solid. Mangoman wrote: I wonder. If he hadn't had the good looks, the charisma, & the people-instincts of a first-rate con artist-- Then maybe you'd be left with a highly annoying, pretentious, parasitic freeloading addict, tighly saran-wrapped in his own "Me-Me-ME!" universe. Nasty little fellow. Funny how much good looks & charisma can sway the equation.
Good band, though. They created a compelling, unique sound that's distinctively their own. Anyone who needs convincing simply needs to revisit that opening scene to Apocalypse Now! |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) | Posted: May 23, 2006 - 16:47 ALL HAIL THE MORRISON NIGHT! He awoke one morning in a strange motel with a strange creature groaning beside him... RUN TO THE MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM AND LOOK she's coming in here I can't stand each slow century of her movement I let my face slide down the cold smooth tile... ...a cold girl will kill you in a darkened room |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 13:18 Not a Doors fan. I connect with the Beatles and the Stones. But I don't "grok" the Doors. They strike me as dated, self-indulgent, and bloated. I'm sure I'll get flammed for blasphemy, but hey, this is a comment board, that is my comment. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 24, 2006 - 13:12 |
| wondertoofar (There and back again) | Posted: Apr 09, 2006 - 22:46 One of the better underplayed Doors tunes. Now how bout Wishful Sinful. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Mar 11, 2006 - 12:27 Yeah, those last two songs almost put me into unconsciousness but now I am coming back to life! The Crystal Ship is one of their best songs! I think I played this album to death! |
| oufason (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 24, 2006 - 20:35 great transition! OK so I am thinking GW blends into Jethro Tull, but this gets it, especially late on a rainy Fridaty night. |
| whitenoyse (PDX Stumptown) | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 10:26 Always takes me away... |
| oscar_driver (South Florida) | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 10:19 God WHAT A excellent sequence ,,, right on my lunch .. enjoying some wonderful food from my wife and great music!!! Thanks RP The Doors - The Crystal Ship George Winston - Spanish Caravan Gipsy Kings - Inspiration AWESOME sequence! Oscar |
| matt832 (Flushing, Michigan) | Posted: Jan 11, 2006 - 20:18 Dreck. |
| godspeed (Fiji) | Posted: Jan 11, 2006 - 20:16  |
| miahfost (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Posted: Dec 28, 2005 - 08:26 pp wrote: boring
 Djurgården is boring! That is what is boring! Sheesh. I've got two words for you pal - Frölunda! |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Nov 29, 2005 - 07:03 maryte wrote: Never been a big Doors fan (although I tried) - the lyrics, although sometimes interesting, always seem to have a peripheral misogyny to them - women in their place and all. 'Bout the only one I really like is "Whisky Bar" which, of course, was written by Brecht and Weill You sound like a sister . . . against misogyny and for Brecht/Weill . . . I just try to overlook the misogyny to groove a little . . . Is that selling out? |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 14:22 Franlrc wrote: snip And, of course, if you remember the 60's, you weren't there. (David Crosby) I thought I heard someone say this quote of the 70's! Like "if you remember the clothes, you weren't there."  Unfortunately, I was only alive and barely coherent from the late 60's on... |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 14:20 Wow, I've heard this song through the years, but today it was just pure euphoria...... wowowowow.....  |
| rgrace (Rio Nido, CA) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 14:20 Love, love, love this song. |
| Mangoman (Portland Metro Oregon) | Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 01:20 steeler wrote: Jim Morrison may have degenerated, and there is certainly room to criticize his excesses -- musical, alcohol, and drugs -- but the man did have a poetic vision, and he knew how to put it on display in ways that commanded attention. Plus the Doors were a very, very good band, something that often gets lost in the controversy that Morrison did and continues to generate.
So we're told. But, then, we're also told that when crack dealers jabber about their jewelry, their "prowess," their ride, and other material (and fleshy) acquisitions, it's somehow "street poetry." |
| Mangoman (Portland Metro Oregon) | Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 01:11 I wonder. If he hadn't had the good looks, the charisma, & the people-instincts of a first-rate con artist-- Then maybe you'd be left with a highly annoying, pretentious, parasitic freeloading addict, tighly saran-wrapped in his own "Me-Me-ME!" universe. Nasty little fellow. Funny how much good looks & charisma can sway the equation. Good band, though. They created a compelling, unique sound that's distinctively their own. Anyone who needs convincing simply needs to revisit that opening scene to Apocalypse Now! |
| blkstd (Champaign, IL) | Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 07:58 Got to play this in Art Class in High School in Edina, MN. We had one cool art teacher. |
| Minstrelette | Posted: May 21, 2005 - 18:26 radiojunkie wrote: Now THAT was a brilliant transition, out of Spanish Caravan. Go Bill!
I'd like to have another kiss Yep, he did it again today. Very cool. |
| maryte (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 22, 2005 - 11:43 Never been a big Doors fan (although I tried) - the lyrics, although sometimes interesting, always seem to have a peripheral misogyny to them - women in their place and all. 'Bout the only one I really like is "Whisky Bar" which, of course, was written by Brecht and Weill |
| Drummer4soul (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Apr 22, 2005 - 11:39 This song is way better than George Winston's version.   |
| Franlrc (Dunno, Kidnapped by Gypsies) | Posted: Apr 07, 2005 - 20:30 aharamanx wrote: I miss the 60s.
Likewise. To steal and perhaps mangle a couple of quotes, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Charles Dickens) And, of course, if you remember the 60's, you weren't there. (David Crosby) |
| Midnightrambler (Windsor, ON. Canada) | Posted: Apr 07, 2005 - 20:24 I am so glad the movie has faded along with all of the fans that jumped on the band wagon. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Mar 09, 2005 - 09:29 newbaby wrote: i'm 48 years old and this song still turns me on.....is that so wrong?
Y'all are pups! I'm fittyone and I dig it too. In hearing it again, I find it strange how such a melancholy song can attach itself to our minds so securely. Kind of ironic now since the Midwest is apparently being overrun by methlabs and speed freaks. That current reality kinda diminishes the romanticism of shooting meth. Never had the guts to try it. |
| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Mar 09, 2005 - 09:26 Now THAT was a brilliant transition, out of Spanish Caravan. Go Bill! I'd like to have another kiss |
| g1lgam3sh (Manchester UK) | Posted: Feb 22, 2005 - 14:31 newbaby wrote: i'm 48 years old and this song still turns me on.....is that so wrong?
I'm there too and I like it, how bad can it be  8) |
| davie70 (off Broadway) | Posted: Dec 10, 2004 - 19:33 And to think, this on their first outing. For me, theirs was a breakthrough album. Sounds as magical and mysterious now as it did in 1967. |
| Nobunaga | Posted: Nov 26, 2004 - 00:42 This is by far Jim Morrison's tightest poetry ever. Truly an outstanding song all around. |
| RichardPrins (earth.ca) | Posted: Nov 26, 2004 - 00:39  |
| wafflecrotch (camp hill, pa) | Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 06:41 great tune. this song remains very cool. |
| newbaby | Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 06:40 i'm 48 years old and this song still turns me on.....is that so wrong? |
| red (Ocean Beach (589.22 mi S of RP), CA) | Posted: Oct 27, 2004 - 11:46 First heard this on "underground radio" KPPC-FM 106.7 in Pasadena, along with Alabama Song, circa 1967. Imagine hearing those songs for the first time as a teenager (without the exposure to the music of the 70s, 80s, 90s etc). Mindblowing. As an aside, I saw the Doors in concert in Hollywood. They were not a good live band. Nonetheless, their best recordings stand up against the test of time. |
| BHTMMan (Ames, Iowa) | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 16:42 steeler wrote: Jim Morrison may have degenerated, and there is certainly room to criticize his excesses -- musical, alcohol, and drugs -- but the man did have a poetic vision, and he knew how to put it on display in ways that commanded attention. Plus the Doors were a very, very good band, something that often gets lost in the controversy that Morrison did and continues to generate.
You've NAILED it!! |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 16:41 I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!  |
| Angloray (Los Angeles) | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 16:41 one of my favorite Doors songs. Beautiful...  |
| rulebritannia (Deep in the English countryside) | Posted: Sep 13, 2004 - 06:56 dolfan wrote: Excellent cut from their first album. In an interview Jim Morrison said the crystal ship was a glass of whiskey. Hmmmmmm... And a stunning first album it was.......
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